Description

Pokemon Bank is an application and service for Pokemon X and Pokemon Y that will allow you to deposit, store, and manage your Pokemon in private Boxes on the Internet! Pokemon Bank is a paid service, with an annual charge for usage.

Pokemon Bank will be a powerful resource for players who like to obtain many different kinds of Pokemon, or for those who like to raise many Pokemon in preparation for battles and competitions! The application has a variety of search functions, so you can find the Pokemon you're after among all of the Pokemon you've deposited. Even if you deposit a lot of Pokemon, you won't have to worry about being unable to find the Pokemon you need! Pokemon Bank also makes it easy to transfer Pokemon from multiple copies of Pokemon X and Pokemon Y - including the downloadable versions - to a single game!

When you download Pokemon Bank, you can also download the free linked application Poke Transporter! When you insert a Pokemon Black Version, Pokemon White Version, Pokemon Black Version 2, or Pokemon White Version 2 Game Card into a Nintendo 3DS system, you'll be able to use Poke Transporter to transfer Pokemon from these games into their own online Boxes. Then, you can easily transfer those Pokemon into Pokemon X and Pokemon Y using Pokemon Bank!

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Game Trivia

Even though Pokemon Bank is listed on GameFAQs as having been released throughout the world during the course of January and February 2014, it was actually released a few months prior. In December 2013, Pokemon Bank was initially released around Christmastime in Japan. However, it was only available for download for a single day in Japan: after that, it was taken down from the eShop for a while, because the then-new Nintendo Network ID system was glitchy and causing problems. However, those people in Japan who had already downloaded it were able to continue using the Bank and the associated Poke Transporter so as to bring Pokemon from Black/White over to X/Y. This caused a discernible change in the playing environment on Pokemon X/Y over those months as Pokemon originally not in X/Y became increasingly used and prized, possibly on the fear that Pokemon Bank would never work, although it was released world-wide by the end of February 2014.